Magazine holder



Aug. 23, 1932. ADAMS 1,873,524

MAGAZ INE HOLDER Filed NOV. 19, 1950 Patented Aug. 23, 1932 UNITEDSTATES HENRY 'r. ADAMS, or came ILLInoIs MAGAZINE tionn'nit IApplication filed November 19', 1930.;Seria1No. 436,791.

This invention relates to holders or covers and is particularly usefulfor holding magazines, telephone directories, and the like.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a holder of simple andstaunch construction which will retain a magazine or the like securelyin position within the holder even during rough usage. Another object isto provide a holder which is adapted to receive small, as well as largemagazines and to secure them against removal with substantially equaltenacity. Other objects and advantages will appear as the specificationproceeds.

The invention is fully described 1n the following specification andshown in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of a holder embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a broken perspectiveview of one end of the holder; Fig. 3 is a broken perspective view ofone end of the retaining blade; Fig. 4; is a broken per spective viewofthe other end of the holder; and Fig. 5 is a broken perspective view ofthe other end of the blade equipped with a latch.

In the illustration given, A represents a binder or holder equipped witha central back portion B and with two sides or covers 0.

Secured to the back member B by means of rivets or other suitable meansis a metal back piece 1. As shown more clearly in Fig. 1 the back piece1 is equipped at its ends with upturned walls or posts 2 and 3 which arepreferably formed integrallyiwith the back piece. The vertical wall orpost 2 is provided with a slot 4. The post 3 is provided with a slot 5,which extends through the top of the post, and with an offset slot orrecess 6 which communicates with slot 5. i

A blade member 7 is provided at one end with a hook or extension 8adapted to enter the slot 4 of post 2, the vertical wall of eX- A5tension 8 serving as a brace or buttress for the post 2. The other endof the blade 7 is provided with an extension 9 adaptedto bereceivedwithin the recess 6 Where it may be locked in position by thepivoted latch memher 10.

' In the illustration given, the blade member 7 has longitudinalportions'of its lower side cut away atll and 12, leaving a centraldepending finger or locking projection 13 and end flanges 14. It will beobservedthatthe depending members 13 and l t-extend almost I to the backpiece 1. p I

In the operation of the device, a magazine is placed upon the back piece1 and opened at a page n'ear'the middle of the magazine. The blademember 7 is then placed inside the opened magazine and the projections13 and 1 1' are pressed downwardly between'the staples or othcr meansused to bind the pages of the magazine. The'projection 8 is theninserted within the slot 4 of post 2 and the projection 9 isdropped-throughslot 5 andv pressed laterally into the recess 6. Thelatch 10 is then dropped'into slot 5 to hold the 1 extension!) securelywithin recess 6. To re M move-the blade member 7, the latch 10 is 7raised and the 'blade'extension i) is with drawn through slot 5. r r VYJiththe magazine holders now in use, the 1 blades are usually-simplerectangular strips M which hang loosely in slots within the terw 5'1ninal= posts Small magazines easily 'slip out of said holders. Also,the blades, hanging loosely in the slots of the posts, rattle V andpermit the magazineto swing unevenly as the cover is raised or handled.

In my improved holder, the blade member 7 is held rigidly in position,irrespective of the size of the magazine retained thereby. Themagazineis kept from slipping under the blade by the central projection 13 andby 5 the terminal projections 14. Sufiicientroom to accommodate theportion of the magazine below the binding staples, etc. is provided bythe cut away portions lland 12. r The form or shape of the blade permitssmall 9,; magazines to be held as securely as large magazines andwithout vertical movementof the blade member;

While, in the illustration, I have shown a central locking extension 13and terminal extensions 14, the number or arrangement of such extensionsmay be varied as desired.- Obviouslythe shape and form of the blade 7may be widely varied without departing from the principle or spirit ofmy invention. I

overlapping and concealing said recess. 7

2. In a book holder, a back strip having coating with the slot, a blademember having a The foregoing detailed description has been given forclearness of'understandin only and no unnecessary limitations should beunderstood therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed asbroadly as permissible in view of the prior art.

11 claim: 1 I

1. Inca book holder, aback strip having its ends turned at right anglesto the main body thereof, one of said ends being provided witha slot anda locking recess cominunieating Withthe slot, a blade member equippedwith a projection adapted to pass into said slot and then into saidlocking recess, means a for securing the other end of said blade to fthe other end of said back strip, and a looking arm pivotally secured tosaid blade and adapted to be swung into saidvslot to main: tainosaidextension within said recess, said arm being also provided with aflanged end its endsturned atright angles to the main body thereof, oneof said ends being provided with a slot and a locking recess communiareduced end adapted to pass into saidslot and then into saidlockingrecess', means for securing the other end of said blade to theother end of said back strip, and a locking arm -rpivotally secured tosaid blade and adapted to beswung into said slot to maintain saidreduced end withinsaid recess, said arm having its endrportion turned atright angles to the body of the arm to providea flange overlappingandconcealing said're- CGSS.

HENRY T. ADAMS.

1 Loo I 7 "In testimony whereof I have hereunto set' 'my hand and sealthis 12th day of November,

